The Sun. — London, England, 1810-06-01 00:00:00

re ilia t-,) any e now should ight to be re- ler ►he Main e pub (Aux a ley in" with :!rceive robe per at• liven ( S radice ids be origi" state- I. The on the :b had n now e kept eq uer. ny re, opula. reso- Corn' nt ages lue to Illt'llt, earied )sition ,ed for tine in lutary be in! celVecl e well -I, and in tlia i Mi -1 maY (Dent ques. prero' ,ur Of udic e)cer were prin. eserV -, stich, act o f 1701 11 ! MSO O, irew d the F the cotrlcl i ,cbot, eXl )e' jcilOg pe,P. rested vent , ag ain re Ric ioui 6 ()the' 3101.1► ition 4 ri this iCC it eery be inferred, that he is the despicable ageet of mane:: and envy, from whom he derives the hints, wh , ch he works up into his own barbarous jargon, and which display a most contemptible compound of - pedantry and ignorance. Bur, Sir, low as this species of criticism is, and much as it is despised by all sound and candid judges, it has the power of exciting great uneasiness in the artists against whom it is di re ct e d , f or as p u bli c appro b at i on, as well as fair erofit, is their aim, they may reasonably appre hend that people. who might be disposed to pur chase their works may not only be misled by the abusive rancour that assails them, but learn the cant of affected criticism, a n d v i ew t h e i r f uture l abours with a jaundiced eye. How many a promising young artist may be discouraged, by these illiberal at tacks, from pursuing their studies with ardour, ap prehensive that their best efforts will only expose them to open ridicule and disgrace. But even those who by their labouitehave established a reputation rnay be rendered secret unhappy by the wanton barbarity of malevolence. I was chiefly excited to ad dress you on this subjea by the despicable com ,tnents which have been made upon the works of the in veteran DE L OUTHERBOURG , w hi c h are In the present Exhibition.—That this artist is not free from faults must be acknowledged (who is ?) but it must be acknowledged also, that very few artists indeed can equal his beauties. It has been generally observed that the works alluded to mani fest the same vigour and spirit which appeared in all his earlier productions, and thai in otherrespeas be is in reality much improved. Let any intelli gent and liberal critic look at these work-, and they w ill acknowledge that they display truth, bril liancy-, and a power of execution, which have rare 1Y appeared in his province of the .trt. Yet has this veteran, who is respectable for his conduit in pri vate life, during a residence of torty years in this country, as well as for the superiority of his talents, been dragged forward with brutal violence, and his works have been ass,,ited with rriliian barbarity.— This, Sir, is a deplor ,ble abuse of the public p res s, Which 014bt to be chstinguiseed by its liberal pro tettion and encouragement of what adorns the Em- Pre, a s a ell as fur a determined support of its in terest and security. VINDBX. Oxford Coffee-Rouse, May 25. • - "MAI LS: - • 4 / 1 4 vso --z Gottenburgh, t Waterford Dug--t Gotten burgh, z Lisbon, i Dublin, z Weed:ltd. PRICE OF STOCKS THIL DAY AT TWLLVE O'CLOCK. Consols - - 7o aI I Omnium . - . T irHE SUN. BOLEN QUIS DICZRZ FALSUM AUDEAT? LONDON. F-RIDAY, JUNE 1, 1810. The following Bulletin was issued this morning respecting his Royal Highness the Duke of Cum 4ERLAND " His Royal Highness the Duke of CUMBISRLAND has h ad short intervals of sleep during the rfght, and is as well 43 Can be expeded under the circumstances. " E. HOME.'• A Gotienburgh ltLil arrived this .morning, but it contains no news except the arrival of tite B-itish Beet, under Sir JAMES SAUM'AREZ, off that port, Some Dutch and German Papers of a late date also arrived, which are quite as barren as those which • We have recently received. A cartel arrived at Plymouth or; Tuesday, which b rought back Mr. DICKENSON, Secretary to Mr. k‘KENZIE, who went to France for an exehagne of Prisoners. It i 5 not known whether he brings any informa tic'n of consequence. -Yesterday his NIAJESTY and Princesses AUGUSTA and SorniAlook their usual morning ride till taelve o 'clock. The QUEE N a n d P r i ncess E LIZABETH took an airing to Frogmore. Tuesday night Sir H. HALFORD came into Wind sOr to Princess AMELIA; and op Wednesday morn ing, at t en o ' c l ock, left Windsor for London. kfer b ; ° Yal Highness had five hours good sleep an Tu.Js gY night, an d i s a li tt l e b etter, and none of the ysicians were at Wi n d s o r on Wednesday, except ' PO PE , w h o remained in attendance, her Royal i gbness being E 0 much better. Princess AMELIA had a very comfortable. night " 41 Wednesday, and is a little better. Princess ELIZABETH took an airing to her cottage, Old Windsor, on Wednesday, and, on her re -1) visited her Royal Sister, Princess AMELIA. PWe feel g rea t regret t h at we have it not in our ° lv'er to communicate any satisfactory intelligence Mr. WINDHAM. The f o ll ow i ng i s the • " , -1 02 issued this morning : -' '''l r• t v , nA M had a re s tl ess n i g h t , and continues as 4 ' 4The Lords o f th e Ad m i ra l ty have been pleased to i it Captai n P ETER PUGET to be Com m i ss i oner , t he. Navy at M a d ras. T his G entleman filled the otlice at Walcheren, during the retention of Is!and by the British, in which situation he ac the•aliprobation o f G overnment for his ex- Z ti °ns in the s erv i ce o f t h e Public, and for his co nomy. We are informed, the whole extra ex lJerl&„ • ;„ for the N av y un d er hi s management upon `,ll for on;y amounted to 2,5001. therefore f r ,e C ountry may look f or some considerablebenefit In this appointment 4 Aicount s were received yesterday from Amster t"lat "), to thadate of th e 23d u l t. b y which it appears, a strong sensation has been produced in that 'Pita' • in consequence of the severity of the French 41 E i ht‘ nts. It is asserted, that the Merchants under iliiisPlesent circumstances are afraid of neociating ( . 4 k '. 1 1 10 1) England, and that any traders suspecled "e.'nF,' concerned ;n the importation of contraband f t "'''' l ' 1 ' to fiull ind, are to be tried by a military ucntnission. NAVAL NEWS PLYMOUT/i, - MAY 30.—Arrived the sloop Aciit;e, Captain BENJAMIN STOKES, from Morlaix, with Mr. DICKINSON, who is gone off for London with dispatches ; Donor @TEAM:JEN also came over in her. Sailed his Majesty's ship Favourite on a cruize; the Times, JOHNS, and King Harry, SALTER, for Lisbon. Arrived the Hero, STRAWTEN, from Dundee ; the ship Alexander, Ross, from Portsmouth ; and the Rhin frigate from Basque Roads. Sailed his Majesty's ships Milford for Basque Roads ; Encounter and Cheerly to the Westward. The Nottingham Regiment of Militia marched in here this morning. PORTSMOUTH, MAY a I.—Came in this day his Majesty's ship Crane from the Downs. Went into Harbour his Majesty's ship Steady to undergo repair. Arrived the Blackbird, JAMES, from Sunderland; and the Unity, MONDAY, from London. Sailed the May, ---, from Sunderland. FALMOUTH, MAY 2g.—Sailed the Snake packet for Gibraltar and Malta. SHEERNESS, MAY 30.—Sailed his Majesty's sloop Dauntless and her convoy; his Majesty's sloop Ere bus, and his Majesty's brig Redpole. Arrived his Majesty's brig Starling. Sailed his Majesty's Wig Cretan, Capt. PAYNE, for the Downs. SIR RICIIdIIP BICKER7'ON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, The .acrimony against every thing which proceeds I from his - Majesty's present Ministers, is so predomi nant a feature in the Morning Chronicle, that we are sure to find whatever is done by them made the object of the severest attack and censure. This is perhaps excusable in a newspaper s 6 inveterately de voted to party purposes; but still truth, and a small portion - of regard to the characters and feelings of individuals, ought to be infused into the Philippics in which the Editor so frequently indUlges himself.' I am led to these reflections from the perusal of a paragraph in the above print about a week ago, in which, for the purpose of founding a censure on Ministers for their appointment of Sir li. BICKER TON to the rank of Major-General of Marines, it is asserted that more deserving officers (such as had spent their lives in the service) might have been found for -this mark of .his Majesty's favour, than one who had never teen in ac ion in his lije. . Now, Sir, without entering into comparisons be tween the respective mei . sot Admiral BICK0:11TON, and the other gallant Admirals, with whom, thank heaven, oar naval service is adorned, I may be al. lowed to state, that this assertion in the Morning Chronicle is either a wilful perversion of the case, or displays much ignorance of our naval annals preced it% the present w:ir. So tar from never having been in action, Sir R. BICKERTON, when a Lieutenant, was wounded in a gallant action fought by the Jupiter. For his bravery on this occasion he was made; and in the great vidory gained by the immortal RODNEY, he commanded a line-or-batle ship (1 be lieve the implacable), and obtained his lull share of the glories of that splendid day. It is true that, during the present war, Sir Melt- Aan has . nar had the good fortune to meet the enemy, whose sculkiug in port affords Our brave tars but few opportunities of giving him battle; but he has been afloat in the Mediterranean during the whole war and both peaces; and shares with Lord Cot.- LINGWOOD that species of merit which a life devoted to the service o f nis country, in the arduous duly of blockading the French fleets, has so deservedly °b lamed. In this severe duty Sir RICH. BICKERTON remained till his health ,was so-much impaired as to leave his life, for a length of time, in 3 very preca rious state; nor has he yet fully recovered. Were I to add any thing to this refutation of an unfounded calumny, it would be to refer the Writer of the Morning Chronicle to the refusal of Lord NEL SONIO accept the honours offered him by the City of London, because his gallant and excellent friend and coadjutor, Sir R. BICKERTON, waslint included in the vote. The opinion of NELSON is itself the stamp of merit, and when it is kno*n that' no man in the navy stodd higher in his estimation, as an officer,and a friend, than Sir R. BICKERTON, I trust au ae knowledgment of his error in the same Paper, will shew that the Writer of this paragraph loves justice as much as abuse. I beg pardon Sir, for occupying so much of your lime, but totally unknown to the gallant Admiral whose cause I have advocated, my obje& has bL en solely to rescue a most meritorious charaaer from ❑njust obloquy, having observed that no contradic tion of the slander appeared in any other News pape-r. • I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A FRIEND TO THE NAVY. The British Navy,' up to this day, consists of 1118 ships of different descriptions, of which 834 are in commission, and of which 152 are ships of the line. The Right Honourable the Earl of LIVERPOOL held a Court of Lieutenancy for the Cinque Ports on Saturday last, 'at Dover Castle, when the quotas of the several towns and their numbers, for the Local Militia, were definitively fixed, and the draft, it is expeaed, will immediately take place: The towns of Deal and Folkstone are ex empted from the draft in consequence of the very effective state of the Volunteer Artillery Comp nie; belonging to - those places, which, much to the credit of their Officers, have been kept up on so respe&able a tooting, solely by their exertions, dur ing the almost general decay of the system through the other parts of the ports. TUE DUKE OF CUMBERLAN6„ As the feelings of the PUblic are naturally Very strongly interested in the extraordinary event whch we yesterday communicated to our Rea':ers, we t.P.;:n it our duty to colled the particulars that relaie to this shocking transaclion. The Duke, it seems ; hAt dined on Wednesday at Greenwich, returned ttaui,vl - 1 in the evening, and went to the Concert for the bet nefit.of the Roy al Society of Musicians. 'He returned home about half past twelve, and went to bed abotiC. one. Soon after two o'clock, when his Royal HighneSi was in a sound sleep, the assassin entered. his cham ber with a dark lamiar°, and put out the lamp.— One of the Duke's sabres was kept constantly in a drawer in the chamber, and it was with this weapon, which the assassin either then took out of the drawer, or had previously secured, that the attenipt was made. His Royal Highness was awakened by a very heavy blow on his head with a-sabre, which severed the netting he wore over his night cap, and inflicted a deep cut. The Duke sprang from the bed whilst the villain was in the act of reheating the blow, and which he received on his arm, having lifted it for the purpose of protecting his head. Before his Royal Highness could reach the door of his chamber s other blows were made, which inflicted several wounds, and by one of which one of his fingers was nearly severed from his hand. The Duke having at length been enabled to open the door of his chamber, called out " Neale (the natne of his . English valet), I ain murdered, I arn.murdered."— The valet, much slartusd, was proceeding hastily into the bed-room, when the Duke said, " Don't go -in, the murderers are in my 'bed-room, and they will murder you as they have murdered me." At this moment, Neale trode on the sabre, which the .assassin had thrown down. The Duke desired Neale not to leave him, as he • feared there were others in the room. His Royal HighneSS, however, shortly afterwards proceeded to the porter's room, and Neale went to awaken Sells (a Piedmontese), and another of the Duke's valets. There was at this time a general alarm in the house. The door of Sellis's room was locked, and Neale called out to him, saying " The Duke is murdered." No answer being,given, the door was broke open, and • Sellis was found dead in his bed, with his throat cut from ear to ear. It is supposed that Sellis, conscious of his own guilt (for there appears no doubt that he was. the assassin), imagined, when the alarm was given at his door, that they were about to take him into custody, and. immediately cut his throat. His blue coat was found folded up on a chair in one corner of the room, the inside of which was stained with blood, and as he had cut his throat in another part of the room, the blood must have been the blood of his master. A pair of hiS slippers were also found in the closest adjoining the Duke's chamber, where lie had concealed himself until his Royal Highness was asleep. The reasons which induced Sellis to make this atrociotis attempt to assassinate his master, it is ex tremely difficult to develope, and it is rendered al , Most impossible, by his having put a period to his own existence. A report was in circulation, as we yesterday stated; that he had been instigated to it by jealousy, and the circumstance of the Duke hav ing been one of the sponsors for Sellis's last child was adduced in corroboration of this supposition. It is, however, by no • means uneommon for persons of high rank to become sponsors for the children of do mestics who have been long in their Service, and this circumstance, in itself, amounts to nothing, nor . have we been able -to learn that there is any real ground for believing. that jealousy formed any part of the motive. It was also said, that Sellis was insane, and we understand there is some groun d f or b e li ev i n g t hi s to be the fa&, he having bean observed by the other domestics for about a Month previously-to have been low spirited, and in a peculiar state of mind, which induced them to say frequently, that he was out of his mind. There appeals, however, to have been a great deliberation of purpose evinced in his conduit in concealing himself in the closet, and in watching the opportunity of the Duke being asleep. The oaly part of his condu& that appears like the act of a mad man is his using the sabre in so extraordinary a man ner to effect his purpose. It has been said, as we also before stated, that some differences - had occurred between Sans and other persOns in the Mike's service, in which his Royal Highness had taken part with the latter.— Sellis had been in the Duke's service 16 or 17 years, with intervals, during which, in consequence of some disagreements, he had quitted it. At one of those periods' he lived in the service of the late John Man ners; Esq. of He was, however, rather a favourite of the Duke's, arid his Royal Highness took him again into his service, and is stated to have be behAved very kind towards him and his family, con sisting of a s ife and four children.- The revengeful - disposition of some Italians is well known, but whether the above circumstance oper ated upon the mind of this Ryan to produce so hor rible an attempt to revenge himself, or whether a deranged state of Mindreodered him the vielim of imaginary wrongs, and that thus his insanity Was in creased-till it terminated in t his dreadfitl catastrophe, it is now difficult to ascertain. - - • The assassin has expel iericed countless instances of the kindness and condescension of his Royal Highness, who even stood as godfather to his last child, and indulged hits and his family with apart ments under his own tool f He took the advantage of this indulgence and converted it into an engine to accomplish his sanguinary purpose. • . • To evince his malice and desi..-erate systematic plan, Sellis had fastened all the doors which communicated from his apartments to the chamber of his Master, - and had even provided water and towels tq wash himself in the closet or anti-room where he had se creted himself; and a few days ago he suggested to his _Royal Highness that his regimental sword was. become blunt, and had permission to get it,sharpen ed. He had, moreover, made •anch arrangements as to induce a suspicion that Mr. N. the page in at tendance, was the perpetrator of the horrid deed, in the event of its being Oone. Sellis was found lying on the bed dressed, except ai to his coat, waists t, and sl , oes, h 11;s throat cut in a most shucking manner. It was afterwards ascertained that he came to the Duke's apartments to sleep, although not in waiting, tinder a pretence that his children were ill; but instead of going to . . . , • i a i' .i • bee.' -t:is, concealed himself in closet, 4 ..thert 4 - used to keep boots ani Shoes, adjoining the Duhei I . ' bed-rOom, v. ith a dark-lanthorn There is , o ~ doubt bat he expected the h.rst blow Or two won d have proved tato', es he was not ;)repatcd to murdet i himself, till he found he had not hired the Du:'o; a his key's were found in his drawer; from which h' took his razor to cut his own throat. , . the wretched assassin has left a wife firld four children; the eldest a girl of about eight rears of ~ age. - . Mr. SnERIDAN was at Brooks's when • the ac- Count first reach cl that place. He immediate. i v went to . the Palace, and soon afterwards to Carltoe ~ House, to conamunieate it to the Prince of Wales. The Prince of Wales went to the Palace early in the morning to Visit his Royal brother, and about eight o'clock set ad - for Windsor, to communicate to the Royal Faintly the intelligence of the dreadful at tack made upon ~the Duke. His Royal Highness upon his return from Wind sor, between twelve and one o'clock, visited his Royal Brother, as did the Royal Dukes, the Duke of Gloucester, and a numerous as:einhiage of per sons of distinction, among them was General Du " monrier.. The Prince of Wales attended by Mr. Ryder: and another Gentl eman , v i s i te d the Duke again at hal4ast six o'clock,•and 'remained there some time. The Duke of York followe I soon after. Sir Henry Halford visited hiS Royal Highness at five o'clock, and remained till halt past six. ' It is supposed that when Sellis first heard at hilt door the exclamation, " Sellis, soineb.7.)dy has mut ' dered the Duke," he thought that the words were, Sellis, you," lite, but this is all conjecture. The following was the Bulletin of last night : " His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland remain; compoled, and as well as can be expected. ;Signed) " H. HALFORD. " Six o'clock in the Evening." The Duke of CUMBERLAND wits last night remov4 ed to Carleton-House, on account of the ensunt birth-day, and because he can have the ,mm-diat attention of his Royal Brother. The daily accou tit are still to be given at St. James's. This day at two o'clock, a Coroner's Jury was coti vened by Adams, Esq. of Great Russel-street, Bloomsbury, in order to examine into the particular! of the case respecting the Motives of Sellis for com mitting so horrid an autrage upon his Royal Master: It is supposed that the investigation will be of great • length, the particulars of which we shall lay betote the public as soon as we learn them. The following is the extrati of a private letter from Buenos Ayres, dated March t, and watch contains some very interesting particulars : ." My last informed. you of the conditions on which the port was opened to alree trade. Soon atter that event took place; the British here were surprised and alarmed by orders issued to them, ge nerally, to quit this country, some in eight days, and others te a Shorter period, without any cause for so - extraordinary a measure being assigned. On repre sentation being made to the Viceroy of the iejustice of that measure, at a time when, upon the streeg.h of the cond',ions of the free trade, the British had confided their property into the hands of the Spa. niards, and had reason to believe them-Aves secure, he has allowed them a period of to ir months, from the date of the entry of their respeaile ships, to wind up their affairs. It is not appreheeded but that, at the end of that period, a longer one will be granted to those whose affairs reptire it. It appears that the opening of thy port is mere ly a temporary measure, adopted by him to answer his present purposes, as by the duties levied on the cargoes of the ships here he is enabled to pay a part of the arrears due to his troops, which have been running on for these last five or six months past, in . consequence of the disturbances in the interior pre venting the arrival of cash, as was customary. If affairs in Spain go on as bad as is reported, a sh o rt time will probably d ec id e w h at part this country will take; whether-it will declare its independence, or remain attached to old Spain. Whatever be its fate, it,is suspected that this Viceroy has orders to declare for either JOStPH or FERDINAND, as atL4s in Soain shall turn out. " Some alarm bas been created here by a report of the Brest fleet being out ; it is said that a Spa nish vessel arrived tt few days since at Mune Video, fell in with a French squadron of the line, which plundered her of almost all her cargo. Oroers have been issued here for the enrolment of all the male inhabitants from the age of 15 to 45, and the V:Ce roy, it is reported, is going down to Monte Video!, to insped the fortifications. Business here is ctult ; British manufaetures are selling very,low ; iret Isis of produce for England 16 guineas per ton. 1, 0 Mutine sloop of war is daily expected flom donado. The Lightning, it is said,. will t , ke a great qUantity of dollars, on account of the Phi lippine Company." The Candidates for Fortune's favours next Friday are numerous. SMITHFIELD MARKET ; fuwz 1. This day's Market had but an ind!tferent surpl , f of different kinds of_ Cattle ; Reef, Mutton, Pork, and Veal, sold at last prices; Lamb is qhearer ; and the trade for the most part was not 6ver brisk.--- The sales in the Hay Market were itic:',Onhiler,!ble ; Striis.v and Clover obtained last prices ; Hay hai fallen in price. —The undermentioned prices auti. nuinbis are an accurate statement :-- To sink the offal per stone of glb. Beef 4s. Ed. to 6s. 4d. Mutto4l M. to 6s. 4d. Veal 4s. lkt. to 7s. od. Pork SS. wi. to 7s, od. Lamb Ss. od. to 7s._ Busts sio. Sheep and Lambs 6,z00. Calves 139. Pigs • 240. CORN-EXCHANGE, JUNE I.—The Market to-day continues to have large supplies of Wheat, mostly Foreign, but few tine samples which maintain their price, .other qualities dull sale ; in Barley and M ?It little fluctuation i . Peas and Beans of the two kind, likewise ; New Ticks 425. to 475. per Quarter, Old as per currency ; Oats are in middling supply, and this trade also at little variation ; Flour remains at late prices. Wheat -85 s a 9 cs a trss Fine - .• 118 s a 1225 Rye - - -48 s a 54, Barley 3zs a 47s Malt -72 S a t os hite Pease 7cs a 78s Grey di!to - 455 a sos Beans (old) 6os a op I Tick Beans (old; ;os acc • Oats - - zr 25..; a 30s Poland ditto . 3 . 3 s a 36,. Poland ditto - os a 38. , Rape Seed - - 561 col Fine Flout L 95S a 10-s Seconds - 9os a 9js ~''